Day 5, 13th November
As you can guess, if we were up until 2:30 AM, we were in no mood or condition for getting out of bed and seeing more of the city. The house stated to move a little around 11 or so. I had been up a for a short time, trying to post to this silly thing, the day 4 post was lost once and the computer was giving me trouble. So we all a leisurely morning, even the dog wasn't interested in getting out of bed. I was pleasantly surprised though that I didn't really have a headache or stomach issues from drinking, just the 1st few times I got up, I felt like I was still drunk.
Lisa made an excellent choice and stayed in bed for a while longer, she has been fighting off a sinus infection too. So Dan and I made a feeble attempt at going out into the world to see a few more things. On the list, the carpet souk, Emirates Palace and the mall for some spices, not to mention maybe some lunch. We started with a quick drive to a nearby beach spot that Dan had been meaning to check out, but hadn't had a chance to. Then chose to attempt to drive across the city to the carpet suke. Due to additional race traffic and just everyday traffic in that area in general, we spent a great amount of time trying to get there. After a couple of frustrating navigational issues, we gave up. We then ended up in a really congested area of town that took us an excessive amount of time to get back across town to visit the palace (hotel really). So far, we had lost about 2 hours, kinda funny really. The Emirates Palace Hotel is all that you would expect a palace to be. It supposedly has the largest dome in the world, or at least in the UAE and it has gold and other fine stones everywhere. We even got to see an ATM that dispenses gold bars and coins, amazing. It also included grand staircases, gorgeous views of the city and sea and a restroom you could live in.
We wandered around in the Palace for a while and realized we were both starving. We had had a feast of humus and garlic sauce at around the 2:30 AM time frame, so we were around 12 hours with no food. Next stop, food, but not before we get some cash. This made us decide that lunch was going to be in the mall. Found a great Asian fusion place, had a magnificent noodle bowl and caught myself from nearly passing out from low blood sugar, not literally, but yikes. I could hardly even tell the waited what I wanted, when he spoke it sounded like the parents on the Peanuts cartoons.
By this time, nearly another 2 hours had passed, I needed to get on the shuttle to the track to catch qualifying. Dan has pointed out to me that there is some kind of vortex here that sucks time away from you, it had worked it's magic several times already. Made it on time, or within a couple of minutes and watched the cars speed by and clock their times. I loved it, can't wait for the race. The sound of these cars is indescribable, there is nothing that can explain how loud they are or the feel from them.
Tonight there was another concert by Linkin Park, but we all decided that it was to be a quiet evening. So I made my way back to the park and ride, Dan picked me up and after a shower, we were off to a place called "Relax Bar"; and we did. Joined by their friend JC, it was quiet and peaceful sitting outside on patio overlooking the city. A great ending to a great day.
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